afición
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnem (“affection”). Doublet of afección, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /afiˈθjon/ [a.fiˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /afiˈsjon/ [a.fiˈsjõn]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: a‧fi‧ción
Noun[edit]
afición f (plural aficiones)
- fondness, inclination
- Synonym: apego
- afición al cine ― fondness for cinema
- afición por la química ― fondness for chemistry
- hobby
- Synonym: pasatiempo
- persistence, determination, zeal
- Synonyms: persistencia, determinación, ahínco
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Further reading[edit]
- “afición”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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